Show #2214 1994-03-31 (taped 1993-12-14) Regular

Contestants

Matt Dickey — a computer programmer from San Diego, California

Marie Leigh — a banker from Chicago, Illinois

Jack Horan — a school vice principal from Califon, New Jersey (whose 3-day cash winnings total $29,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jack $2,000 $5,600 $13,000 $7,800
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + RCA 27" TV
$12,500
32 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Marie $0 $0 $2,800 $1,600
3rd place: Ross Simons bracelet
$2,400
7 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Matt $1,200 $1,900 $9,100 $13,100
New champion: $13,100
$7,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY OLD RADIO KIDS NAMES PENNSYLVANIA ARCHITECTURE THE "LONG" & "SHORT" OF IT
$100 [1]
This Ford cost $850 when introduced in 1908, but only $290 in 1926
the Model T
Matt
$100 [24]
Billy & Betty Fairfield hung out with this all-American boy
Jack Armstrong
Jack
$100 [6]
The roots of this girl's name lie over the ocean; it's from the French for "good"
Bonnie
Matt
$100 [21]
A 1791 tax on liquor distillers led to this uprising 3 years later
the Whiskey Rebellion
Marie
$100 [8]
The United States pavilion at Expo 67 was a geodesic one of these
a dome
Matt
$100 [16]
In 1922, using the Pitman method of this, Nathan Behrin took down 300 words per minute for 5 minutes
shorthand
Jack Marie
$200 [2]
In 1893 this founder of the People's Republic of China was born in Shao-Shan in Hunan Province
Mao Tse-tung
Jack
$200 [27]
Her theme began, "Who's that little chatterbox?"
Little Orphan Annie
Jack
$200 [7]
Miss O'Connor might tell Miss Fonda that Sinead is the Irish form of this name
Jane
Jack
$200 [22]
This Great Lake gives the state access to the St. Lawrence Seaway
Lake Erie
Jack
$200 [9]
Typically, these towerlike Asian structures have stories that diminish in size from bottom to top
a pagoda
Jack
$200 [17]
It's the position played by Cal Ripken for the Orioles & Ozzie Smith for the Cardinals
shortstop
Jack
$300 [3]
In 1963 several generals overthrew President Diem of this country with U.S. complicity
South Vietnam
Jack
$300 [28]
On this series Marian Jordan played Sis, the little girl who pestered Jim Jordan's character
Fibber McGee & Molly
Marie
$300 [13]
Leo & Leonard mean lion & Orson & Ursula refer to this animal
the bear
Jack
$300 [23]
The site of South Fork Dam is included in a national memorial to this May 31, 1889 tragedy
the Johnstown Flood
Marie
$300 [10]
The Baths of Caracalla in this city were once richly decorated with marble & mosaics
Rome
Jack
$300 [18]
It's a breed of cattle or a mild cheddar cheese
longhorn
Matt
$400 [4]
In August 1910 this country annexed Korea, renaming it Chosen
Japan
Matt
$400 [29]
He had 2 kids, Babs & Junior, creating revoltin' developments in his "Life"
(Chester) Riley
Matt
$400 [14]
In the U.S. in 1970, this girl's name, a form of Guinevere, was second only to Michelle in popularity
Jennifer
Matt
$400 [25]
Pennsylvania produces almost all of this hard coal mined in the U.S.
anthracite
Jack
$400 [11]
Frederick John Kiesler's last major work was the Shrine of the Book in this country
Israel
Matt
$400 [19]
It's Marlon Brando's occupation in the movie "On the Waterfront"
a longshoreman
Jack
$500 [5]
In 1875 this British prime minister bought out Egypt's stake in the Suez Canal
Disraeli
Jack
$500 [30]
Penny & Clipper were a niece & nephew of this Navy pilot turned rancher
Sky King
Jack
$500 [15]
Isabel is a Spanish form of this name
Elizabeth
Matt
DD $1,000 [26]
Mount Davis, the state's highest point at 3,213 feet, is in this range of the Appalachians
the Alleghenies
Jack
$500 [12]
Oscar Niemeyer is this South American country's most famous architect
Brazil
$500 [20]
Released in 1970, it was The Beatles' last No. 1 hit
"The Long And Winding Road"
Jack

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTS BUSINESS NAME ORIGINS WORLD FLAGS 10-LETTER WORDS THEATRE FRANKLIN PIERCE
$200 [1]
Contrary to 18th century practice, this "Blue Boy" artist didn't hire a drapery man to help him
Gainsborough
Matt
$200 [5]
ESSO came from the pronunciation of this company's initials, S.O.
Standard Oil
Jack
$200 [21]
In 1992 the Yugoslavian flag dropped the gold-trimmed red star that symbolized this political system
communism
Jack
$200 [27]
This punctuation mark can be used to show possession or the omission of letters in a word
an apostrophe
Jack
$200 [11]
When Richard Burton played Dr. Faustus at Oxford in 1966, this woman played Helen of Troy
Elizabeth Taylor
Jack
$200 [12]
People who disagreed with Democrat Pierce's stand in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act formed this party
the Republican Party
Jack
$400 [2]
His "Gates of Hell" sculpture was commissioned in 1880 as the door for the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
Rodin
Marie
$400 [6]
This drink named after a shrub & a nut is now popular worldwide
Coca-Cola
Matt
$400 [22]
After "Baby Doc" Duvalier was ousted, this country restored its blue & red flag
Haiti
Jack
$400 [28]
Carl Perkins & Elvis Presley were exponents of this musical genre combining rock 'n' roll & hillbilly Music
Rockabilly
Jack
$400 [17]
Estelle Parsons played Ruth, a pirate maid, in Joseph Papp's 1981 production of this operetta
Pirates of Penzance
Marie
$400 [13]
William King, but he died in April 1853 never having performed the duties of his office
Franklin Pierce's vice president
Jack
$600 [3]
Around 1850 this nonsense poet studied serious art at England's Royal Academy
Edward Lear
Matt
$600 [7]
It's what the "bis" in Nabisco stands for
biscuit
Matt
$600 [23]
On Ireland's tricolor, the orange is symbolic of this religious group
the Protestants
Matt
$600 [26]
This ceremony admits a person to the ministry of a church
ordination
Jack Marie
$800 [19]
Noel Coward turned this man's play "Lady Windermere's Fan" into a musical called "After the Ball"
Oscar Wilde
Jack Marie
$600 [14]
At 48, Pierce was the youngest president to that time; he'd been a member of this body at 32
the U.S. Senate
$800 [4]
Type of lesson being give by Thomas de Keyser's "Dr. de Vrij" & Rembrandt's "Dr. Tulp"
an anatomy lesson
Jack
$800 [9]
Hansa, as in the Hanseatic League, means company, so this is German for "air company"
Lufthansa
Jack
$800 [24]
An armillary sphere on this country's flag represents Prince Henry the Navigator
Portugal
Marie
$800 [29]
The name of this minor judicial officer, such as a Justice of the Peace, is from the Latin for "master"
magistrate
Matt
DD $1,000 [18]
In 1968 "John Brown's Body" became the first play presented in this theatre since it closed in 1865
Ford's Theatre
Marie
$800 [15]
One of his schoolmates at Bowdoin College was this "Twice-Told Tales" author
Hawthorne
Jack
$1,000 [8]
His "I and the Village", painted in Paris in 1911, is a surreal view of a Russian village
Chagall
Jack
$1,000 [10]
Adolf Dassler, Adi to his friends, founded this company
Adidas
Jack
$1,000 [25]
The flag of this African country bears an "R" in its center
Rwanda
Matt
DD $3,000 [30]
It's the collective term for the first 5 books of the Bible
the Pentateuch
Matt
$1,000 [20]
"Let 'em Eat Cake" was a sequel to this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about a presidential campaign
Of Thee I Sing
$1,000 [16]
As Jefferson is famous for the Louisiana purchase, Pierce is famous for this one
the Gadsden Purchase
Jack

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

By his own account, he was born "in Diamond Grove, Missouri, about the close of the Great Civil War"

George Washington Carver

Marie "Who was Jonas Salk?" — wagered $1,200
Matt "Who was G.W. Carver" — wagered $4,000
Jack "Who wasErnest Rutherford?" — wagered $5,200

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